The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-30

Huntley. - John s. Greene returned
Friday night to New York. - Mrs Har-
riet Davis is at home from Worcester, Mass,
where she has spent the winter. -
Thomas Gale and wife of Charlestown,
Mass, have been visiting here the past
week. 60 Denison Brown and family
have moved here from Williamstown and
taken possession of their house on Main
street. - Miss Susie Richardson re-
turned last week from Boston. - G. A.
and r.. u. White have returned from Barre
and are living in the tenement over their
store building. - Mrs. Kate Baine was
in town last week and returned Monday to
Lowell, Mass, accompanied by her sister,
Miss Jennie Wilmot. - Miss Nellie Dali
ton of Franklin Falls, N. H., is visiting at
w. w. Rumril's. - Miss Mary Reed of
Medfeld, Mass, is home on visit. -
Michael Maloney, an old Northfield boy,
who has been at st. Paul, MINI. for about
seven years, has recently been appointed
travelling engineer of the st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Manitoba railroad at good salary.
- The Young Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union will meet with Miss Abbie
Pope next Saturday evening at half-past
seven o'clock. - The ladies of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union are
invited to meet with Mrs. ID. ID. Field
Thursday afternoon of this week. 1t being
Hygiene day." the programme will con-
sist of appropriate Scripture reading, and
healthful bills of fare are TO be presented by
different members. A full attendance is
desired. Let each one invite friend to
to accompany her.
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
THE school has received four sets of tenn
perance textbooks from the state. There
are twenty-four books in each set Rooms
No. 1 and No. 2 have books alke-the
Pathfinder series, No. /. Rooms No. and
No. have the same Pathfinder series, No.
9. Room No. has " Brands Physiology "
and No has Steele's Physiology" -
Dan j. Morse has been sick, but is now able
to attend school. - Miss Mabel Brown
is unable to attend school. w. J..
Goodale. 49, is attending medical lectures
at Burlington. - II. b. Wilson, 'S7, now
attending Philips Exeter Academy, goes to
Yale next fall.
GouldsvilIe.
FRANK EATON of Lyndonville has been
visiting his brother, III. X. Eaton. -
Myron, elder son of Horace Locklin, died
Thursday last of membraneous Group. He
was sick but short time. - Andrew
Doty is spending couple of weeks in East
Montpelier and vicinity. - James Rich
has gone to Moretown, where he is to work
on a farm this season.
Plainfield.
LAST week Rev. William T. Swinnerton
took his little son, Willie, to Burlington for
medical treatment of one foot that is becom-
of the cords or muscles. He has encourage
ment that he may get help so that it will
not be badly deformed. - Mr.. Rodney
Jack, who had been sick for some time, died
last Thursday, aged eighty-seven years. He
never was married and had lived alone most
of the time for fifteen years. He had always
been frugal, careful man, and is supposed
| to have accumulated a large amount of
property, which, with the exception of $780,
he willed to his sister, Mrs Norman Holt of
Marshfield. - We learn from Mr.. s. L.
| Gilman, the assignee of the insolvent estate
of Bemis Pike of Cabot, that the sale of the
farm of said Pike stands adjourned to Satur-
day, the I'd day of April next at one o'clock
p. NJ. - Valentine Hutchins is very i'll
with pneumonia at the residence of his
brother, e. T. Hutchins - Young
| Peoples Christian Endeavor Society has re-
Gently been formed here and several have
become members. A good degree of interest
is being manifested in the work of the
society.
Waitsfield.
MRS. JANE SoMERvILLE, widow of the
late George Somerville of Fayston, died
suddenly at the residence of her son-in-law,
Hugh Mckinney, on Saturday of last week.
| Mrs. Somerville had assisted about getting
| the supper, and sat down to eat, when she
fell from her chair and expired. She was
eighty-six years of age. - A few farm
ers have tapped their sugar-orchards and
various festivals which take place this week.
- Rev. l.. f. Pangburn, acting pastor
of the Congregational church, has rendered
his resignation, to take effect July LIST next.
In his letter Of resignation Mr. Pangburn
stated that the step was taken on account
of his health, as he had found that he could
not endure the rigor of Vermont winters
without permanent injury. During Rev.
Mr. Pangburns pastorate of little over
a year and six months thirty-two per
sons have united with the church. This
fact shows that Mr.. Pangburn is an able
and efficient worker in the Masters vine.
yard. - Saturday, the Goth instant,
Hon. Stephen Parker and wife were treated
to surprise, the occasion being the fiftieth
anniversary of their wedding. A large
number of friends and relatives of the ven.
| cradle couple assembled, bountiful supper
was served and a general good time enjoyed
-Four couples were present who had cele
brated their fiftieth anniversaries, namely
Pardon Bushnell and wife, Harry Jones and
wife, Harry Hawley and wife and Stephen
poorly, his old trouble (rheumatism) being
the cause. - From eighteen to twenty
inches of snow fell on Tuesday of last week
- Don't forget the sugar festival.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings. AL
who enjoy good time and new sugar will
get their fill.
THE revival meetings closed last Sunday
evening. Mrs. Parsons spent the last few
days of the meetings with her husband here
- Mrs. G. III. Smith has sister spend
ing the week with her. o. NJ. Jones
is stopping in town few days. He theI
goes to Swanton where he is to work in
store. - James Cardell has sold hi
farm to Mr.. Dana of Mortified, and ODE,
Robinson has moved on to the Alonzo Par
sons farm. - Mrs. Charles Ford has
sister stopping with her few weeks. -
G. B. Williams returned from Danvers
Mass, last week, but purposes to go bacl
there soon. - Rev. Mr.. Brigham ha
moved on TO the Billings farm with his son
in-law, Mr.. Camp.
East Warren.
THERE is to be preaching at the churcl
next Friday evening by Rev. j. o. Sher
burn. - Mr.. and Mrs. Will Boyce o
Waterbury have been spending several day
at Bert Riford's. - Miss Mabel +. Lam
, has spent nearly two weeks with her aunt
Mrs. Moses Palmer of Waitsfed. -
Henry Rice of Claremont, n. H., has beef
visiting his brother-in-law Mr.. N. l.. Dick
inson. - Byron Davis and family ar
moving to Concord, Mass, where they in
tend to remain year at least. - Well
| Brown has rented the place lately vacate
, by Rev John Fassett; Rev. Mr.. Brigham
, has moved TO the village w. A. Averill
moving from RoXbury back on to his farm
r. C.. Lamb has rented Stephen GoOdspeed
! farm for year. - The heaviest snow
fall of the season occurred last week Tues
, day. 1t is estimated that at least two fee
of snow fell